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Table S3b. Weighted-average price of foreign purchases and foreign sales by U.S. suppliers and owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors, 2001–2022
dollars per pound U3O8 equivalent
Delivery year Foreign purchases by U.S. suppliers Foreign purchases by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors Total foreign purchases (weighted-average price) U.S. broker and trader purchases from foreign suppliers (weighted-average price) Foreign sales (weighted-average price)
2001 8.98 9.87 9.51 8.87 8.79
2002 9.65 10.37 10.05 9.59 10.04
2003 10.19 10.79 10.59 10.19 10.39
2004 11.21 13.13 12.25 11.15 12.63
2005 15.11 14.63 14.83 15.68 20.70
2006 20.28 18.66 19.31 21.61 32.87
2007 36.59 32.58 34.18 39.88 55.47
2008 33.30 47.46 41.30 35.39 45.62
2009 34.80 46.55 41.23 34.88 41.48
2010 41.30 51.69 47.01 41.23 42.78
2011 48.80 56.87 54.00 49.27 49.05
2012 46.80 54.08 51.44 47.08 47.57
2013 43.25 51.64 48.24 W 42.75
2014 39.13 47.62 44.11 W 35.69
2015 40.68 44.70 42.96 40.77 39.29
2016 36.03 44.08 40.45 36.09 33.66
2017 31.11 41.12 37.09 29.93 25.19
2018 30.90 39.32 35.73 30.84 26.02
2019 33.17 36.28 34.77 33.43 27.16
2020 31.27 35.33 33.79 31.51 29.57
2021 33.19 33.30 33.26 33.53 35.82
2022 42.48 39.40 40.31 42.36 54.65
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Foreign purchase: A uranium purchase of foreign-origin uranium from a firm located outside the United States. Foreign sale: A uranium sale to a firm located outside the United States. Weighted-average prices are not adjusted for inflation.
Data sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Uranium Industry Annual, Tables 28, 29, 30 and 31, 2001–2002. Form EIA-858, Uranium Marketing Annual Survey, 2003–2022